Journey to Loch Ness - Continuing in Scotland
Enough of the city, I personally much prefer sceneries & nature which are so scarce in Singapore, thus I enjoy this part of the tour more. I signed up a Day Tour with Rabbie to travel up from Edinburgh to Loch Ness & Inverness Highland. The tour guide was pretty good and humorous, who entertained us with his wide knowledge of the English History, Tourist spots etc. Commendable indeed!
Doune Castle
This was more like a toilet break than a tourist spot. Castles were almost everywhere, that we went to 3 castles ( Stirling, Doune and Urquhart Castles) in our 2 days tour.
Highland Cow - The Drawing
A real Highland Cow !!
Wasnt he cute? His name is Hamish, born in Feb 1993, almost 15 years old. Basically Highland cows have no layer of fat to keep them warm and so they have an extra coat which also maintains weatherproofing. The long fringe keeps the driving wind and rain out of their eyes in the winter and insects in the summer months. Well, apparently the long fringe protect them from the weather but polly the Highland cows got to live with the poking of the fringe in their eyes. You cant just have the best of both worlds, I guess. Hahaha..
Magnificent HighlandsThe land is so vast, I'm so tiny.
( P.S For those who dunno me, actually I'm also tiny everywhere coz I'm so petite in size -_-")
Harry Potter Photo Stop
This was the railway bridge for the Hogwarts train to ferry the students back to school in Harry Potter 2. To help you recall easier, remember the flying car that Harry & Ron took to return to school?
The Commando Memorial
This was just another view at the Memorial. You must be thinking, what's so special about grass and a straight road. You are so wrong!! You got to enlarge this photo to see clearly. There, across the road, can see trees right? More on the centre left. The trees were formated in such a way that it was actually showing Scotland Flag ( below). Amazing yeah... remember to look out for this when you are there!
Loch Ness
This was the place where we tried to spot for the water seahorse, aka Nessie! I really wanna came here after I watched the movie. The sceneries were so nice and magnificent, and of coz Nessie was so cute in the movie ( until it grew up and turn "ugly" & gigantic), that was part of the reasons. Needless to say,we dint manage to spot any big animal in the water lah. If not, you polly can see me in the newspaper liao... keke
Just a little knowledge sharing, the word "Loch" actually mean lakes. Beside Loch Ness, there was also Loch Luibnaig, Loch Earn, Loch Laggan etc. in Scotland.
Just a little knowledge sharing, the word "Loch" actually mean lakes. Beside Loch Ness, there was also Loch Luibnaig, Loch Earn, Loch Laggan etc. in Scotland.
Inverness
These photos were taken at Inverness, where we stayed for a night before moving on. You polly find a lot of B&B ( Bed & Breakfast) here, which are usually homes of the people who stayed here throughout their lives. The one I stayed belongs to a granny, whose children have moved to the city area, while she stays in the town, visiting her children occasionally.
A funny ( maybe not so funny to us) story to share. On the way to our respective lodging, our tour guide was driving us around, showing us where were the better places to eat and he specifically said " Dun go Macdonalds!!" Nth against Mac, it just that we ought to try some local food since we were there mah.
However the moment we checked in, granny said there would be some water works and so no water supply after 9pm. No choice, we got to quickly bath before going out again for our dinner, which by then was oreadi 8pm. By the time we reached the town center, walked around before deciding what to eat, the kitchens for most of the restaurants were closed. Well, you guessed it.... YES, we went Macs. SOBZ. And when we came back, there was still water supply... SOBZ, granny bluff us... SOBZ
The next day, our driver was asking so where did we dine yesterday. He dun believed us when we said Macs.. -_-"
Well, that was my short story.. Okay, let's move on...
A funny ( maybe not so funny to us) story to share. On the way to our respective lodging, our tour guide was driving us around, showing us where were the better places to eat and he specifically said " Dun go Macdonalds!!" Nth against Mac, it just that we ought to try some local food since we were there mah.
However the moment we checked in, granny said there would be some water works and so no water supply after 9pm. No choice, we got to quickly bath before going out again for our dinner, which by then was oreadi 8pm. By the time we reached the town center, walked around before deciding what to eat, the kitchens for most of the restaurants were closed. Well, you guessed it.... YES, we went Macs. SOBZ. And when we came back, there was still water supply... SOBZ, granny bluff us... SOBZ
The next day, our driver was asking so where did we dine yesterday. He dun believed us when we said Macs.. -_-"
Well, that was my short story.. Okay, let's move on...
Loch Beinn
River Affric
The next morning, we started off the day with a nature reserve walk at Glen Affric. Here, you would find River Affric flowing down through a dramatic gorge, surrounded on all sides by the beautiful Caledonian pine.Along the walk, we actually picked blueberries to eat ( YES, FOC!! =p) and drink from the river, which tasted like => Distilled water, out from the fridge! Cooling & refreshing!
Nessie found!! Erm, in wires leh
Urquhart Castle
My tour guide said there used to be no barrier around the castle, and people can just take photos. However now, they planted small bushes to "hide" the castle so that they can start charging people to go into the castle. No choice, that was the best picture I can take in that kind of "circumstance"... Hee
Loch Laggan
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